SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT v. TENENBAUM

Nos. 10-1883, 10-1947, 10-2052.

660 F.3d 487 (2011)

SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. Joel TENENBAUM, Defendant, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Heard April 4, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Clement , with whom Jeffrey S. Bucholtz , Erin E. Murphy , King & Spalding, LLP, Timothy M. Reynolds , Eve G. Burton , Holme, Roberts & Owen, LLP, Matthew J. Oppenheim , and Jennifer L. Pariser were on brief, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jeffrey Clair , with whom Tony West , Assistant Attorney General, Carmen Ortiz , United States Attorney, and Scott R. McIntosh were on brief, for the United States as plaintiff-appellant.

Charles R. Nesson and Jason Harrow for defendant-appellee.

Julie A. Ahrens , with whom Anthony T. Falzone , Stanford Law School Center for Internet & Society, Michael Barclay , Corynne McSherry , Electronic Frontier Foundation, Jason M. Schultz , Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, were on brief for Electronic Frontier Foundation, amicus curiae.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


LYNCH, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs, the recording companies Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Brothers Records Inc., Arista Records LLC, Atlantic Recording Corporation, and UMG Recordings, Inc. (together, "Sony"), brought this action for statutory damages and injunctive relief under the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq. Sony argued that the defendant, Joel Tenenbaum, willfully infringed the copyrights of thirty music recordings by using file-sharing...

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